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A group of Indigenous youth are planning to run thousands of miles to retrace their ancestors' footsteps while at the same time praying for healing and unity among their people.

Everyone is encouraged to join the Spirit of the Youth Run for Unity 2005, which will take place from July 24 to Aug. 5, but the focus is on participation by youth.

The Spirit of the Youth Working Group, which is co-ordinating the run, considers youth to be 29 and under. In order to participate in the event, children 16 and under are required to have a chaperone with them.

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The first study in Canada of racial profiling by a police service has turned up results showing what Aboriginal people have thought all along-police target Native people.

Scot Wortley, a professor with the University of Toronto criminology department, headed up a study done on the Kingston police department. Released in May, the study found that police were 3.7 times more likely to pull over a black person, and 1.4 times more likely to pull over an Aboriginal person, than a member of the white race.

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The first study in Canada of racial profiling by a police service has turned up results showing what Aboriginal people have thought all along-police target Native people.

Scot Wortley, a professor with the University of Toronto criminology department, headed up a study done on the Kingston police department. Released in May, the study found that police were 3.7 times more likely to pull over a black person, and 1.4 times more likely to pull over an Aboriginal person, than a member of the white race.

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Ontario now has a new regional chief.

Angus Toulouse of Sagamok Anishinabek First Nation was elected to the position in a traditional standing vote during a Chiefs of Ontario meeting held on Eagle Lake First Nation on June 14. He replaces outgoing regional chief Charles Fox who announced his plans to resign in May.

Toulouse has been chief of the Sagamok Anishinabek First Nation, located near Massey, for the past 11 years and has served as a band councillor for six years.

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Ontario now has a new regional chief. Angus Toulouse of Sagamok Anishinabek First Nation was elected to the position in a traditional standing vote during a Chiefs of Ontario meeting held on Eagle Lake First Nation on June 14.

He replaces outgoing regional chief Charles Fox who announced his plans to resign in May. Toulouse has been chief of the Sagamok Anishinabek First Nation, located near Massey, for the past 11 years and has served as a band councillor for six years.

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Even though there has been explosive testimony coming out of the Ipperwash Inquiry over the last few months, the leader of Ontario's New Democratic Party still believes the most interesting material is yet to come.

Howard Hampton is a veteran of Ontario provincial politics. His party had just been pushed into opposition by the Mike Harris Conservatives' "Common Sense Revolution" eight weeks before Dudley George was shot dead by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Acting Sgt. Kenneth Deane on Sept. 6, 1995.

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Even though there has been explosive testimony coming out of the Ipperwash Inquiry over the last few months, the leader of Ontario's New Democratic Party still believes the most interesting material is yet to come.

Howard Hampton is a veteran of Ontario provincial politics. His party had just been pushed into opposition by the Mike Harris Conservatives' "Common Sense Revolution" eight weeks before Dudley George was shot dead by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Acting Sgt. Kenneth Deane on Sept. 6, 1995.

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The Ontario Metis Aboriginal Association (OMAA) has lost a bid to try and get constitutionally-protected Metis hunting and fishing rights recognized for its members.

In an order handed down on June 17 in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Justice I.S. McMillan ruled that the OMAA application "does not constitute a matter in which this court should exercise its discretion to intervene."

The OMAA application was an attempt to combine the defense of 40 different charges against its members for hunting and fishing infractions into one legal action.

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The Ontario Metis Aboriginal Association (OMAA) has lost a bid to try and get constitutionally-protected Metis hunting and fishing rights recognized for its members.

In an order handed down on June 17 in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Justice I.S. McMillan ruled that the OMAA application "does not constitute a matter in which this court should exercise its discretion to intervene."

The OMAA application was an attempt to combine the defense of 40 different charges against its members for hunting and fishing infractions into one legal action.

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The Chippewas of the Thames First Nation and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada have reached a settlement in a claim dating back to 1834.

The settlement-compensation for the misuse of funds from the sale of a package of land-provides the First Nation with a financial package totaling $15 million for the damages and losses it suffered as a result of the claim.

"The claim itself was not about land. It was about the misuse of funds from land sales," said Chief Kelly Riley in a press release.